Chapter 716: The Demigod Ascension Method
Garion decided to look at the customer version first.
After all, that was the method God Gym would probably use the most.
He tapped the second option.
[Tutorial Option Two: Non-God Physique Cultivator Ascension Method]
A golden-black panel immediately opened in front of him, and lines of information began flowing downward.
At first, Garion looked completely calm, but a few seconds later, his expression froze and his eyes widened. "What the hell?"
Atlas immediately became alert.
[What is it?]
Garion continued staring at the tutorial, genuinely dumbfounded.
The process was nothing like what he had expected.
It was not simply a matter of putting someone onto a platform, forcing their [World Seed] open, and watching them become a Celestial Realm cultivator.
No.
This method was far more complicated.
Yet, strangely enough, it was also simpler in another way.
The [Divine Celestial Ascension Hall] treated Celestial ascension almost like a complete world-building project.
Garion slowly read part of the explanation aloud. "The customer doesn’t even need to fully mature their [World Seed] first. They mainly need a body, soul, and foundation strong enough to be accepted by the system, and then..."
His voice slowed as he continued reading. "The hall directly assists in constructing the [Inner World] itself."
Garion’s mouth twitched. "Damn."
He stared at the panel again. "I really was right when I called it a world-building game earlier."
Atlas went silent for a second.
[You accidentally understood something correctly.]
Garion ignored the insult and continued reading.
A little farther down, he suddenly paused again. "Oh."
Atlas immediately asked,
[What now?]
Garion carefully read the next section before explaining. "According to this, basically any special power obtained from the [Divine Star Awakening Hall] disappears after the Celestial ascension process."
Atlas remained quiet.
Garion raised one finger. "Well, not exactly disappears."
He rubbed his chin as he continued. "It gets fused directly into the cultivator’s newly created [Inner World]."
His eyes sharpened with interest. "So basically, their Unsealed State abilities become materials used to shape and modify the [Inner World]."
Atlas studied the same information.
[That appears to be the case.]
Garion’s eyes slowly brightened. "So even though the ability disappears as a separate external power, it doesn’t mean they become weaker."
[Correct.]
Atlas continued reading along with him.
[Instead, that power becomes deeper, more complete, and permanently integrated into the cultivator’s foundation.]
Garion slowly nodded.
Now he understood.
The special ability was no longer merely something the cultivator activated from the outside.
It became part of their world.
Part of their laws.
Part of their foundation.
And eventually, if they continued growing far enough, it could even become part of their future divinity.
Garion’s expression became increasingly interested.
He turned toward the massive golden-black platform standing in the center of the hall. "So the Star Realm gives them a special power."
His eyes shone brighter as the entire progression finally clicked together. "And when they reach the Celestial Realm, that special power stops being just an ability."
Garion pointed toward the platform. "It becomes part of their world... and part of what they might eventually become as a god."
Atlas remained silent for a moment.
[That is a much better way to describe it.]
Garion looked pleased with himself. "See? I understand things sometimes."
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Garion stared at the second tutorial for a long moment before slowly shifting his attention back toward the first option.
[Tutorial Option One: God Physique Cultivator Ascension Method]
This was the version meant for him.
Or at least, for cultivators like him.
Garion rubbed his hands together eagerly. "Alright. Let’s see what kind of bullshit my version has."
Atlas immediately warned him.
[Read carefully.]
Garion tapped the first tutorial.
A new golden-black screen appeared in front of him.
The moment Garion read the first few lines, however, the excitement on his face froze.
A few seconds later, his entire expression changed.
"What the hell?"
Atlas also went quiet.
This tutorial was not merely different from the customer version.
It was completely fucking different.
For ordinary cultivators, the process revolved around maturing the [World Seed], opening the [Inner World], and fusing their Star Realm abilities into that newborn world.
The God Physique method did none of that.
According to the tutorial, a God Physique cultivator did not follow the normal Celestial Realm path at all.
There was no need to mature a [World Seed].
There was no need to open a traditional [Inner World].
In fact, the cultivator did not even need to create a [World Seed] in the first place.
Instead, the [Divine Celestial Ascension Hall] would devour everything... literally everything.
It would consume the cultivator’s body, soul, mana, power, divinity, cultivation foundation, divine relics, transformations, and every other source of strength they possessed.
Basically, every ability and every aspect of their existence would be swallowed by the Hall, broken down, fused together, reworked, and then rebuilt from the very foundation.
Garion’s eyebrow twitched violently as he continued reading. "So... my entire body gets completely destroyed again?"
Atlas’s voice sounded unusually uncertain.
[That appears to be the process.]
Garion slowly turned his head. "Again?"
Atlas wisely said nothing.
Garion looked back toward the tutorial.
The destroyed body would not disappear permanently.
Instead, every part of the cultivator’s existing power would be compressed and fused into a much higher rule-like foundation.
Their God Physique, soul, mana, divinity, abilities, and [Divine Relic] would no longer exist as completely separate systems.
Everything would become part of a single unified foundation.
A new body would then be reborn around that foundation.
More importantly, that new body itself would replace the role normally filled by an [Inner World].
Garion’s eyes widened slightly as he continued reading.
A normal Celestial Realm cultivator carried a world within themselves.
A God Physique cultivator following this method would become the foundation instead.
Their body, soul, and power would function almost like a living world-law structure, allowing them to directly wield powers closer to divine authority without first relying on a traditional internal world.
Garion slowly muttered, "So this isn’t really a normal Celestial Realm breakthrough..."
Atlas responded after a moment.
[Correct.]
The tutorial described the resulting state as something much closer to a demigod existence.
Not a true god.
Not yet.
However, the rebuilt body itself would become a divine foundation capable of carrying and commanding god-level power far more naturally than an ordinary Celestial Realm cultivator.
In other words, instead of creating a world inside himself...
Garion would begin turning himself into the foundation of one.
For once, even Garion looked genuinely shocked.
He slowly leaned backward and stared at the screen. "Goddamn."
Atlas did not even mock him this time.
Garion pointed at the tutorial with obvious disbelief. "Why the hell does it need to rework my body again?"
[I don’t know.]
Garion’s eyebrow twitched. "Doesn’t she know my body has already been rebuilt twice? Now she wants to do it again?"
He threw both hands up. "Just how many fucking times does my body need to be destroyed and remade?"
Atlas finally answered.
[Apparently, until the higher-up is satisfied.]
Garion’s mouth twitched. "That woman is crazy."
Atlas remained silent for a second.
[You are only realizing that now?]